Directed by Chester Withey Cinematography David Abel Director Chester Withey | Produced by Joseph Schenck Initial release January 1920 (USA) Story by Wilkie Collins | |
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Written by Grant Cooper
Chester Withey Based on short story, She Loves and Lies, by Wilkie Collins writing in Romantic Tales c.1885 Starring Norma Talmadge
Conway Tearle Production company Norma Talmadge Film Corporation Screenplay Chester Withey, Grant Cooper Cast Norma Talmadge, Conway Tearle, Phillips Tead, John T Dillon, Ida Darling Similar By Right of Purchase, The Heart of Wetona, Love's Redemption, The Secret of the Storm Co, The Eternal Flame | ||
She Loves and Lies is a 1920 American silent comedy drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Norma Talmadge, Conway Tearle, and Octavia Broske.
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An incomplete surviving print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.
The film had the working title Two Women.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, Marie Callender (Talmadge) becomes engaged to a wealthy Lothario, but regrets it after Ernest Lismore (Tearle), who is in financial difficulties, rescues her from a burning building. She breaks the engagement but is left the wealthy man's fortune. Learning of Ernest's predicament, she poses as an elderly woman and proposes that Ernest marry her to save himself from financial ruin. He agrees, and after their marriage Marie poses as a painter in the bohemian quarter of the city to see if Ernest will love her. After several difficulties Marie removes her wig and Ernest happily discovers that she is the painter who won his heart.